Angel Cake – limited edition soap

Made with olive oil, coconut oil, rice bran oil, castor oil and cocoa butter. These soaps are fragranced with an oil called monkey love, which has an interesting aroma. The pink is a soap safe colour.

Soap Swap from Puri - Murcia, Spain

Here's what I received -

Top left - the soap - four beautiful bars and six bath bombs!
Top right - the parcel that was waiting for me at the Post Office
Centre right - the parcel opened
Bottom Left - the fan, soap and bath bombs
Bottom right - a beautiful fan!


 


Plus a picture of our soap swap travel -

Top left - Australia to Spain
Top right - Soap from me to Puri
Bottom left - Where Puri lives in Spain
Bottom right - The parcel I sent to Spain

Soap from Spain!

I received a note in my letterbox yesterday to say there was a parcel for me at the post office. I got really excited, as the only parcel I was expecting was from Puri, who I swapped soap with in Spain.

This morning, as soon as the post office collection centre opened, I was there to ask for my parcel. I then went to work and opened it!

Wow!!!

Thank you so much for the effort you went to put this parcel together and thank for the beautiful soap, bath bombs and fan! I am so happy that you were my swap partner and I feel thoroughly spoiled!

Photo's to follow of my wonderful Spanish Swap! Thank you to Soap Artists for organising this wonderful swap!

Translation using Google

He recibido una nota en mi buzón de ayer a decir que había un paquete para mí en la oficina de correos. Me emocioné de verdad, como el paquete único que esperaba era de Puri, que cambié de jabón con en España.

Esta mañana, tan pronto como la oficina de correos centro de acopio se abrió, allí estaba yo a pedir mi parcela. Después me fui a trabajar y lo abrió!

Wow!

Muchas gracias por el esfuerzo que fue a poner esta parcela junto y gracias por el jabón hermosa, bombas de baño y un ventilador! Estoy tan feliz de que usted fuera mi compañero de intercambio y me siento totalmente echado a perder!

Foto a seguir es de mi intercambio española maravilloso! Gracias a los artistas de jabón para la organización de este intercambio maravilloso!

Summer Petals

Made with olive oil, coconut oil, rice bran oil, castor oil and cocoa butter. These soaps have a peony petals fragrance oil and soap safe colours added to them.

A delightfully fresh fragrance of lush peony notes underscored with hints of green fields, wild flowers, rose petals and lilac.

My Soap is in Spain

Last month I wrote about the international soap swap organised by Soap Artists and how lucky I'd been to be paired with Puri from Spain.  Today I received an email from Puri to tell me she had received my soap and written and entry in her blog.

Puri's email -

Hi Karen, who hope to have your soaps, I loved.

You can see on the blog the photos and comments

http://www.dpurarte.blogspot.com.es/

Thank you very much for everything, I hope you get mine soon.

A big hug and see you soon Puri

dPurArte

I'm so happy that I can read the excitement in Puri's email!  On her blog Puri has included two beautifully taken photos and more wonderfully kind words!

 

They're here from ... Australia

With great enthusiasm I opened the package sent from Australia to soaps Karen, my friend the international exchange organized by Julia of "Soaps Artists". Congratulations Julia for the wonderful organization and dissemination of the world of natural soaps.

Karen has given me a lot of varied colors and shapes of wonderful soaps and soap samples. They smell great, are beautifully designed and very smooth texture.What a shame to use them, but experience so pleasant.

Karen thank you very much for your wonderful soaps.

I am so excited to know that Puri's soap is on it's way to me ... and I hope I can make a great blog entry like Puri has!
 
My advice to anyone reading this ... if you get the opportunity to be involved in a soap swap ... especially an international one ... do it!  It cost $30 to send my soap to Spain ... but the reward is priceless!

Raspberry Sky

Made with olive oil, coconut oil, rice bran oil, castor oil and cocoa butter. These soaps have black raspberry and vanilla fragrance oils and soap safe colours added to them.

This soap is a beautiful mix of sweet, silky and mouth watering flavours. Fresh, vine-ripened raspberries and blackberry notes are mixed with bergamot, Bartlett pear and softened with notes of plum wine, vanilla orchid and silky, cashmere musk.

Peppermint Pumice Soap

Made with olive oil, coconut oil, rice bran oil, castor oil and cocoa butter.  These soaps have peppermint essential oil, soap safe colour and ground pumice in them.

Aussie Myrtle … new look!

Chai Latte

Made with olive oil, coconut oil, rice bran oil, castor oil and cocoa butter. These soaps have chai tea and spice berry fragrance oils and soap safe colour.

 

International Soap Swap

I have been paired with Puri and I'm very excited to be swapping with an international soap maker.

I've sent Puri an email and now we have to decide on what we'll be swapping.

I plan to put photos on here and detail this process.

Exciting times ahead!

PS ... I can't find a translation button on Puri's blog, so I'm not sure where Puri is from or any other details ... but the soap pictures on the blog are outstanding!

International Soap Swap

Julia from Soap Artists is organising an international soap swap!

Spanish soapers will be swapping with other soapers from around the world.

All you have to do is:

1)  Go on over to the Soap Artists blog and sign up with a comment.

2)  Wait until 3 March 2012 when the swap list will be published and you will know who you will be swapping with.

3)  Blog about the soap you receive or send photos some other way.

It would be great to see more people from other countries involved in this swap ... please register.

Heart Soaps

Lilac Hearts



Earth Spirit Hearts




Chocolate Hearts


Nature’s Bloom Hearts


Aussie Myrtle Hearts

Soap Animals

Butterfly – Green Berry


Dragonfly – Green Berry

Peppermint Salt Soap

Made with 100% coconut oil, with an excess of 20% oil, to ensure they are not drying. These soaps have fine grain salt, essential oil and soap safe colour added.

 

These bars make lovely luscious, bubbles and have a slight exfoliating effect due to the salt. They gently remove dead skin cells and leave your skin feeling soft and smooth.

I use regular table salt due to the size of the granules being very fine. This means the soap is much less abrasive.

Salt soap cakes are great for all skin types and especially kind on mature aged skin and they make great facial cleaners.

Lilac

Made with olive oil, coconut oil, rice bran oil, castor oil and cocoa butter. These soaps have lilac fragrance oil and soap safe colour added to them.

A good lilac can be elusive, but this one’s the real deal.  A beautiful luxurious lilac fragrance.

Earth Spirit

Made with olive, coconut, rice bran and castor oils and cocoa butter. These soaps have sandalwood and vanilla fragrance oils and soap safe colour.

This soap is creamy and nurturing, the way the earth wants to be. In this soap, the smell of the earth is sweetened by a vanilla sun.

Tea Tree Salt Soap

Made with 100% coconut oil, with an excess of 20% oil, to ensure they are not drying. These soaps have fine grain salt, essential oil and soap safe colour added.

These bars make lovely luscious bubbles and have a slight exfoliating effect due to the salt. They gently remove dead skin cells and leave your skin feeling soft and smooth.

I use regular table salt due to the fine size of the granules. This means the soap is much less abrasive.

Salt soap cakes are great for all skin types and especially kind on mature aged skin and they make great facial cleaners.

Aussie Christmas Swap 2011

I volunteered to be the ‘host’ of a swap, on an international soap forum I’m active on. The theme was ‘christmas’ and after a few signed up and pulled out, we were left with eight soap makers keen to swap and receive new soaps to review and enjoy.

Wilson Guarding the Soaps – Before they’re repacked


Packed


My soaps from the swap … glorious chrissie present!

Olive Oil - Sensitive Soul Soap

A castile soap made from 100% olive oil.

Sensitive Soul is fragrance free and colour free, making it ideal for sensitive skin.

Castile soap is a name used in English speaking countries for olive oil based soap made in a style similar to that originating in the Castilla region of Spain.

Castile soap is known as the purest, mildest soap available and most suitable soap for sensitive skin. It contains no animal fats or synthetic detergents.

Some people describe castile soap as feeling slimy, while other as smooth and creamy. Just know that the lather is different from other home made soaps. Olive oil soap is conditioning and exceptionally mild with a low lather.

Sensitive Soul soap is 100% olive oil – free from colour and fragrance.

Christmas Soaps

Christmas Spice

Made with olive, coconut, rice bran and castor oils and cocoa butter. These soaps have Christmas spice fragrance oils and colourings added to them.

This seasonal blend is a mix of wood and sweet spice notes. Ripe strawberries meld with touches of green apple and pineapple. Next the spices, cloves, cinnamon, pimento and cardamom blend with a hint of rose, leading to hints of sweet vanilla and balsam fir.

Christmas Time

Made with olive, coconut, rice bran and castor oils and cocoa butter. These soaps have cranberry fig fragrance oil and colourings added to them.

A wonderful summery fragrance! The tart bite of cranberries and the sweet, mild allure of figs are made even more striking in this mix by adding a smattering of tangy orange and pink grapefruit.

Christmas Star

Made with olive, coconut, rice bran and castor oils and cocoa butter. These soaps have mandarin myrrh fragrance oil and colourings added to them.

This seasonal blend is sophisticated and romantic. Mandarin orange, meyer lemon and tangerine zest tangle with the freshness of basil, sweet clove bud and star jasmine before being brought to the grounding earth with patchouli, Indian myrrh, golden amber and Egyptian musk.